コンクリート
コンクリート · konkuriito · JLPT N2 · noun
concrete
🧱 Latin concretus means grown together; katakana copy of English concrete
Katakana spells the English loanword ko-n-ku-ri-i-to, which sounds like 'con-crete' with a long vowel at the end. Concrete is cement, sand, gravel and water that hardens into stone.